The Rise of the OligarchsDirected by Marwan BisharaAl Jazeera EnglishMay 25, 2014

The top 1% of the top 1% grabs all the wealth85 people have as much money as three and a half billion other peopleThat's the old newsWe're here to reclaim the house as the People's houseThe story is about power, about the decline of democracyI think in many ways it's the American nightmareThe decline of the nation stateThe old idea of the nation state is crumbling around usThis story is about a small group of super-wealthy ruling the United StatesIs this the rise of the oligarchs here and throughout the world?Oligarchs? I mean, it's just [becomes apoplectic]I am Marwan Bishara and this is Empire.I like the best.[Sergey Veremeenko, Russian Oligarch]The Rise of the Oligarchs.[OLIGARCHY: a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes.]Not, not Russia! The United States!WALL STREET